Tuesday 3 December 2013

Day 3 - Punta Arenas

Today we have a briefing about Antarctica, expedition logistics and the plans for the next few days. There are 9 people on the Vinson Climb going with ANI and couple of other groups using ANI logistics for their climb and a few others going out for trips - skiing near Union Glacier and some flying directly to the pole.  

After that we head back to the hotels to pack our bags for the pole - they will be picked up today and loaded into the plane in the evening so we can move as quickly as possible in the morning. Weight is a bit of an issue - I had 36kg on the flight over here but am only allowed 25kg for Antarctica. A few emails and calls reveals that there is a different limit for those doing both the Mount Vinson climb and ski to the Pole but that is only 30kg so it could still be a bit of a problem. In the end it turns out that the policy isn't enforced too strictly as long as you are sensible about what you are taking which is a bit of a relief.

Having met some more of the team at the briefing (the last two are already on Antarctica for some training) we head for a group dinner before final packing and preparation for our 5am pickup in the morning. 

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